As of: February 26, 2024, 7:09 p.m
By: Sven Trautwein
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An autumn without exciting books is not a real autumn.
The German Children's Book Prize will be awarded in October.
These are the ten titles on the shortlist.
1 / 10Kilian Leypold, Nour Altouba “Zari and Nivaan – The Story of an Escape”: Zari and Nivaan are siblings.
The Golden and the Hero, that's what their names mean in our language.
One day her uncle shows up at the door with the engine running.
The two children only have a few minutes to pack up the essentials.
Then they plunge into the most dangerous adventure of their lives, which they don't know how it will end: fleeing to another country... © Carlsen
2 / 10Saskia Niechzial “Wilma Wolkenkopf”: Do you already know Wilma, do you know who she is?
She's just a child, like you are.
She loves green jelly and fluffy cats, she also has one of her own, it's black and her name is Watson.
The things that happen in Wilma's world are sometimes magical, you'll see that soon.
Wilma Wolkenkopf – a child with fidgeting hands and crazy thoughts.
A child whose darned and sewn-up socks just never want to go on his feet.
And a child with courage, imagination and an overflowing heart.
Accompany Wilma on her small and large everyday adventures and learn with her that there is treasure to be found in everything that defines us... © Jupitermond
3 / 10Sophia Kimmig “Wild Animals in the City – The Nature Participatory Book”: Why does the fox come to the city?
What does the hedgehog do in winter?
And how does city light pollution affect wildlife?
With this hands-on book, children of primary school age are playfully encouraged to explore and observe their surroundings.
Easy construction instructions and included stickers make this hands-on book the perfect companion on your own doorstep!
© Edition Michael Fischer
4 / 10Kathleen Freitag “Valerie – Savior of Books”: Apart from her dog Sonntag, Valerie loves nothing more than the stories in her favorite books.
That's why she's thrilled when her teacher invites her to a reading night at school.
But in the school library under the moonlight she meets an incredible creature: the book twirl.
The green, furry Zwirp ensures that all the book characters stay beautifully in their stories.
Unfortunately, he is not particularly skilled and two fairy tale characters have just escaped him.
Valerie doesn't hesitate for long: together with Sonntag, she jumps into a book after the Zwirp and finds herself in the middle of a fantastic adventure.
© Dragonfly
5 / 10Madlen Ottenschläger “Otto sets off!”: OTTO is a classic camper van that you can rent for a vacation.
And that's exactly what mom, dad and their two children, Juli and Gusti, do.
Of course, dog Anni shouldn't be missing either!
Off to Sweden!
But because OTTO is a special bus, the adventure begins at home.
Not all cuddly toys fit in the car?
What a crap!
When dad isn't looking, OTTO widens his stance and it's okay.
And when Juli is scared one night on vacation, OTTO tells her about his adventures... © arsEdition
6 / 10Lisa-Marie Dickreiter “Karlchen helps everyone, whether they want to or not”: Karlchen is the most helpful person you can imagine.
But some people just don't want to let her help them.
Like the two city children Alban and Pippa, who are on holiday on Karlchen's farm.
They are afraid of animals.
But with a bucket full of stink bugs and Umberto, the friendliest pot-bellied pig in the world, that should change!
Unfortunately, Karlchen's relief operation goes wrong.
And mom thinks the whole thing is a nasty prank, which means little Karl has to sort socks in the laundry room.
Karlchen immediately has the next idea of how she can help Alban and Pippa.
And this time it will definitely work!
©Arena
7 / 10Annette Langen “Huuu-Berta – The smallest ghost of all”: Do you also think that ghosts live in castle ruins and fly around under white sheets?
I'll tell you straight away: you're completely wrong.
A ghost wears what it thinks is stylish and prefers to live where it is nice and dusty.
So does Huuu-Berta.
She is the smallest in her family.
There's a reason for that: Ghosts grow when they scare people, and that's not at all for Huuu-Berta.
But now exactly this point is missing from her ghost ID card.
The best thing to do is to read for yourself how she manages to rise above herself in the truest sense.
© Boje Verlag
8 / 10Sabine Bohlmann and Joëlle Tourlonias “Mrs. Honig and the secrets in the cherry tree”: Cherry tree is written on Ms. Honig’s note.
Not more.
No path, no avenue, no street - only cherry trees.
But then Ms. Honig realizes that someone actually lives there.
9 year old Emma.
She moved out of home.
Now she lives in the cherry tree in the garden.
There were too many arguments at home.
So Ms. Honig moves in with her without further ado.
There is still a little space in the branches on the second floor.
It takes a while for Ms. Honey to gain Emma's trust.
And together they think about what could be done with arguing parents.
And Ms. Honey wouldn't be Ms. Honey if she didn't have a whole bunch of ideas.
© Thienemann
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9 / 10Jochen Till “The most famous zoo school”: The animals are on the loose in the zoo!
And on the day of starting school, things go crazy: gorilla boy Gonzo can no longer find his parents in the crowd, skunk Skottie is accidentally put in the penguin class, and giraffe Gino with the short neck excels in limbo dancing at the sports competition.
The forgetful lemur director Lernegern has to keep all one thousand one hundred and one things in his head so that he doesn't forget anything important on this busy day. He still has to fill the shark class tank with fresh water, prepare the break-time salad for the herbivores, and find Gonzo's parents again - and It's not that easy, because they don't look anything like gorilla parents normally look!
© Caribou
10 / 10 "Alfred: Elephant since 1932": The year is 1932 when Grandpa, with Emmi's help, creates Alfred, the beautiful elephant on wheels, out of a thick board and lots of paint.
Little Otto, Emmi's brother, is supposed to pull him behind him to learn to walk.
When Otto was 15, he passed Alfred on to Henne.
She loves him very much, but has to leave him in the basement when she has to go to the country because of the bombing.
After the war, she actually finds Alfred again in the basement of her bombed-out old house and gives him to a smaller child.
This is how Alfred is passed on from generation to generation of children and experiences the greatest adventures... Until his 90th birthday in 2022, which will be celebrated properly.
© Jacoby & Stuart
Retreat to your favorite place to read and immerse yourself in the stories and adventures of the books.
Feel like the hero or heroine of the story.
Become one with the characters and experience all the ups and downs.
At the end, 32 children choose the finalist for the German Children's Book Prize.
Prize money of 50,000 euros awaits the first place winner.
In the photo series we introduce you to the ten candidates for the children's book prize.